GAYATRI AND ANOTHER v. THE STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/7054/2025 · 2025-07-31
Karunesh Singh Pawar
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:44501 Court No. - 14 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7054 of 2025 Applicant :- Gayatri And Another Opposite Party :- The State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Pravin Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Karunesh Singh Pawar,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. As per the prosecution case, on 10.05.2025, while the informant's daughter was alone at home and the other family members were away, an unidentified woman arrived with a minor child, pretending to be an agent of an insurance company. She allegedly persuaded the informant's daughter to hand over her jewellery under the pretext of taking a photograph, promising to return with some money. It is further alleged that after taking the jewellery, the woman did not return.
Learned counsel for the applicants argues that the prosecution story is highly improbable and lacks credibility. There is no independent witness to the alleged recovery. The applicants have no criminal history. The offences alleged are triable by a Magistrate. It is submitted that co-accused persons namely Bhikhna and Satyam Malha have been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 23.7.2025 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.6633 of 2025. He seeks parity with the bail order of said co-accused. It is further submitted that there is no possibility of the applicants of fleeing away after being released from jail or tampering with the witnesses. In case the applicants are enlarged on bail, they shall not misuse the liberty of bail. Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute that the it is a case of parity. On due consideration to the facts that there is no independent witness to the alleged recovery, the offences are triable by a Magistrate, the applicants have no criminal antecedents, and they are in custody since 19.05.2025, they seek parity with the co accused persons, named above, who have already been granted bail by this Court, this Court finds it to be a fit case for granting bail to the applicants. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed on the ground of parity. Let the applicants, Gayatri and Santosh Kumar, involved in Case Crime No. 127/2025, U/S-316(2), 318 (4), 303 (2), 317 (2), 317(4), 317(5) BNS, Police Station-Maharajganj, District- Raebareli be released on bail on their furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions which are being imposed in the interest of justice:- (i) The applicants will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii) The applicants will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii) The applicants shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iv) The applicants shall file an undertaking to the effect that they shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in court.
In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the trial court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law. (v) The applicant shall remain present before the trial court on each date fixed, either personally or through his counsel. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the trial court may proceed against him in accordance with law. (vi) In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in
order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. (now Section 84 BNSS) is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the trial court shall initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law under Section 174-A IPC (now Section 209 of BNS). It is clarified that the observations made in this order are confined to the present bail application and shall have no bearing on the merits of the trial.
Order Date :- 31.7.2025 Madhu D.R/P.S Digitally signed by :- MADHU KUMARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench